New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-30

speech which was nlB OLD Iof JIG IH0oA"on's,
and the expenditure of hard cash which was paid
out for printing and distributing millions OK
copies Of it as campaign dooumentsF
"The Bipghamton Republican" speaks Of %
popular artist In robes" They used to speak OF
them as dressmakers when Broome County was
young. How fast this country Of ours is bounding
toward the goal of gilt edged refinement
Mr.. Gladstone, who will be generally rccog-
nized as a competent Judge, contributes to The
Nineteenth Century" review Of Ingram's His
tory of the Irish Union" In which he pronounces
that work practically worthless. He says that
IL Is not q history at all, and that its author
has not made any searching inquiry into the
facts. In spite Of his own familiarity with, Irish
affairs, Mr.. Gladstone declares that he now knows
only just enough to comprehend the magnitude
and complexity Of the task which the historian
Of those events must undertake. 1t Is o pccu-
LARRY difficult field to explore because the records
are kept secret and there seems to have been
O systematic destruction Of documents.
Even so bitter and INSCRIPTIONS an enemy OF
the Republican party as "1he New-York Times"
advises its readers to vote for Colonel Grant.
The Ohio ofice-holders In Washington have re-
solved to make desperate effort to save
sinking ship. They have been "seen" by General
Powell, and In order to make his election as
Governor sure they will come to his rescue
with tho magnificent sum Of ono thousand
dollars. And of course IL will all be tho most
voluntary Of voluntary contributions.
The extraordinary severity Of the sentence In
dicted upon a Kansas druggists clerk for selling
liquor will do more to bring Prohibition into
disfavor than thousand speeches in opposition. To
send o man to Jail for seventeen years besides
6ning him twenty thousand dollars, is to put the
offence on par with manslaughter and highway
robbery, and even above 1t. 1t tends Il bring
ridicule on the whole question, for no one can
expect such q sentence to be fully executed
1t IS point we'll taken when Mayor Hewitt
reminds the accusers Of Captain (now INSPECTOR
Williams that he has no power'ln the premises
save to proceed on charges properly formulated,
and that they should make IN effort to secure
for the Mayor from the Legislature power to re-
move Commissioners for improper conduct. The
absolute power Of appointment would seem log
tcally to imply like power OF removal But Now
York has not had many Mayors that 1t could
trust with such unlimited authority; nor is 1t
Mayor so endowed would be almost an absolute
not usually turned out by the ballot-boxes in
this town.
How easy 1t is TO spoil day. exclams
poet whose verses appear in The Buffalo Com
mercial Advertiser Yes that was what David
b. Hill must have remarked at the close OF
recent day which saw the Democratic committee
organized soldly in the interest of Cleveland.
One OF the Saratoga correspondents calls atten-
ton TO the fact that tho Democratic State Con-
vention at Saratoga was not opened with prayer
No, 1t was not But IL is only fair to add that
Judging from the reports OF what happened In
the committee on the platform when tie subject
Of Civil Service reform VI. spols WAS reached
number OF delegates must have favored policy
looking 20 preying without ceasng.
Some months ago Buffalo the generous hearted
practically decided that one hundred thousand
dollars OF her hard cash surplus should be placed
TO the credit of the gifted genius who would
devise way OF Harvesting Niagara Falls 10 her
ma nj destiny business bonn. There are IA good
many people IN that enterprising town WHO weep
bitter tears every time they think Of the vast
water power that is wasting its colossal energy
III IHcir Dub rs ycJ ulo
one hundred thousand dollars has not been earned
Can 1t be that the inventive spirit OF the age
has at last been euchrcd? The falls are still
there, Buffalo is still there, but the missing link
that is to connect the two is conspicuous by its
absence This suspense is terrible.
The day after Pottle gave his testimony in
regard TO Sharps attempted manipulation of the
General Railroad law ut Albany rHE Tribune
spoke OF IL throwing IAN important side light
upon the accused mans character" That seems
to be the precise view taken by the learned judges
composing the General Term Of the Supreme Court.
PERSONAL.
Elizabeth OF Austria, 20 whom riding has been the
chief enjoyment the earth Offer will sit In the
saddle no moro. Her phys have forbidden II.
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